# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Rescuing Childhood with Mary Willow - author talk at Wardini Havelock North
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 03:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for an interesting and timely discussion with Mary Willow, author of Breaking Through: How to Rescue Childhood and Heal the Parent-Child Relationship. Free event, all welcome.

MARY WILLOW has practiced as a registered nurse, certified midwife and early childhood teacher in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada for over 35 years, where she came into contact with struggling parents. In 2007 Mary founded Plum Parenting, a service that provides one-on-one education and mentoring to help parents with parenting as well as group parenting courses.

Building healthy, respectful relationships with our children means grasping a single critical factor that is hiding in plain sight: it is not the child's flowering intellect that is at the forefront of brain development. In fact, it is the child's ancient survival brain that wants to run the show. And that character cannot be reasoned with!

The key is to see that there is not one child to parent, but two: the True Child, and the child's defence system, the Guard Dog. Each has a contrasting set of behaviours, and each requires a radically different parental response.

There has long been a cry for a more humanistic model of parenting that allows a child to be a child. This might sound obvious and easy, but if a child is enslaved to their defence system, with its myriad reactive behaviours, they will never be free to be a child, no matter what approach is applied.

Parent educator and mentor Mary Willow has created a breakthrough method that has helped hundreds. She has now turned her work into an easy-to-follow book for parents, teachers and caregivers everywhere who are struggling to reconnect with their kids.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/havelock-north/rescuing-childhood-with-mary-willow-author-talk-at-wardini-havelock-north/200030187264951
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, kids, workshops, dog
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 33

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Havelock North
- **state**: HB
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: 16 Te Mata Road, Havelock North, New Zealand
- **lat**: -39.6702
- **long**: 176.87785
- **full address**: 16 Te Mata Road, Havelock North, New Zealand

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Rescuing Childhood with Mary Willow - author talk at Wardini Havelock North being held?
  - **A:** Rescuing Childhood with Mary Willow - author talk at Wardini Havelock North takes place on Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 03:30 pm to Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 03:30 pm at 16 Te Mata Road, Havelock North, New Zealand.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Rescuing Childhood with Mary Willow - author talk at Wardini Havelock North?
  - **A:** Rescuing Childhood with Mary Willow - author talk at Wardini Havelock North is organized by Wardini Books.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Rescuing Childhood with Mary Willow - author talk at Wardini Havelock North is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Havelock North, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Rescuing Childhood with Mary Willow - author talk at Wardini Havelock North sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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